We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
101 of its 271 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 60 of Bangladesh's 101 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 36 of Dhaka's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 70 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Guatemala City accounted for 52 of Guatemala's 65 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kufra accounted for 21 of Libya's 37 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
75 of its 170 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Colombo accounted for 47 of Sri Lanka's 75 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Power cuts were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
40 of its 122 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 65 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Oil spill was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tuberculosis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Indonesia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in South Korea (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in China (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); oil spill in Russia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Feb. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 13,505 stories about harm among 81,853 counted on 10 Feb.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 13 November 2024. 16 in every 100 of the day's 81,853 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Bangladesh, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. On 11 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 16 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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